In an interview yesterday, New York governor Andrew Cuomo responded to critics of the Reproductive Health Act (RHA), a radically pro-abortion bill that he signed into law last week. The legislation permits abortions up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, with loosely defined exceptions that allow for abortion up to birth. On the evening he signed the bill, Cuomo announced that the spire of Freedom Tower would be lit up in pink to celebrate.
The New York governor has faced predictable backlash from the pro-life movement, but especially from Catholics, as he is, like his father before him, a self-professed Catholic — and, with his longtime support for unlimited abortion rights, directly at odds with the Church's explicit, total condemnation of abortion.
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